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GB Meeting: 5:30pm THURSDAYS in ENGR-I 456A
Projects meeting: currently on pause till we have received our room reservation
Radio net: 4:45pm Tuesday on our repeater 443.375MHz pl 103.5
Try out Amateur Radio! Get a license, talk around the world! Build antennas and radios from scratch. Learn practical electronics. Come to our meetings, we can help with these things.
| Our Discord server: | Discord Invite |
| Our e-mail address: | k4ucf.arc@gmail.com (Please use your @ucf.edu email if possible) |
| Knight Connect: | k4ucf |
| Our Shack: | How to get there |
| Our linktree: | ARCatUCF |
| Our TikTok: | TikTok |
| Our GitHub: | GitHub |
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Meetings 5:30pm Thursdays in 456A
"It's not the size of the antenna, but the SWR that counts."
"Amateur" has the connotation of unprofessional, sloppy, substandard, but that's wrong. Root word is 'amo' which is to love. We do it because we love it, and don't need to be paid to do it. If you're doing amateur radio and not having fun, you are doing it wrong.
Mission[edit | edit source]
The mission of Amateur Radio Club at UCF is to train members on communication and technical phases of the radio art, and contribute to the development of the radio art.
Club meetings[edit | edit source]
- Shack meetings are in ENGR-I 456A every week. (shack locator)
- Every Thursday at 5:30PM (first thursday of the month conflicts with LMARS)
- Project meetings are in BA1 115 every week.
- Every Friday at 5:00PM -->
- No formal nets are currently scheduled (TBD), but if they were they would be on the repeater. If you are unlicensed, you can still participate in the net. Just find a club member.
past minutes and future meetings[edit | edit source]
- This week's agenda and minutes
- past minutes and future agendas
- Recent minutes updates
- ARC active projects
Annual club events[edit | edit source]
These are events the club is regularly involved in:
- NOTE: We have been inactive in tailgating for some time. Hopefully this changes?
- ARRL database of hamfests
- Field day
- Orlando Hamcation: The 2nd Largest Hamfest / convention in the USA.
- Hamvention: The largest hamfest in the USA.
Club ToDo List[edit | edit source]
moved to ARC todo
Club projects and activities[edit | edit source]
See also Category:ARC projects
Projects in progress[edit | edit source]
(or, at least, these should be active)
- Meshtastic deployments - Tier 0 nodes deployed, tier 1 in progress, widespread deployment coming later.
- SDR distributed direction finding - Feasible sites found, no progress on software/hardware.
- satellite ground station controller - Controller made, interface functional. Needs correct transistors and final hardware fixes.
- SDR remote setup and remote display - Partial hardware, no software. Multiple positions available for antenna.
- Portable Rotor for sat tracking - Heavily underway. Hardware chosen, software in progress.
- simple antenna builds for any member: Copper J-pole, Roll-up J-Pole, tape measure Yagi, Moxon - Needs reassessment with modern economic conditions. Can't source tape spools for Yagi, Copper for J-pole too expensive, 450ohm ladder line supply issues, No current Moxon design.
Possible future meeting activities[edit | edit source]
- licensing exam study
- soldering practice -- PL259 ends on coax
- field trips
- contests
Possible project sources[edit | edit source]
You may also want to select from possible future projects or the antenna links page.
- ARC Semester ToDo Items
- Repeater modifications (Echolink, Controller, New repeater)
- Build Direction Finding Equipment
- QST Homework
- Folding J-Pole Workshop
- Mini Field Day / Tabling
- Amsat
- ATX Power Supply Mod
- build a Class D amplifier
Topic Index[edit | edit source]
- Software Defined Radio
- Fox hunt
- Antenna links
- Amateur Radio Emergency Jumpkit
- ARC live demo
- Senior Design PCB Milling Machine & Certification
Old items of interest[edit | edit source]
- field day
- NASA info
- Past minutes
- Seminole county ARES/RACES training
- Code practice cdroms: wa4cm has made a few code practice cdroms, available to any members who would like to borrow them.
- Scholarships
Members[edit | edit source]
Officers & Advisor[edit | edit source]
| Officers | |
|---|---|
| Travis Rodriguez, President | KQ4VQC |
| Skyler Prothro, Treasurer | KQ4WVJ |
| Jake Russo, Secretary | K4RRJ |
| Josh, Vice President | KR4DOC |
| Steven Dick, Faculty Advisor | KG4YDW |
Members & Alumni[edit | edit source]
| Currently Active Members (Student & Alumni) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Steven Dick | KG4YDW | |
| Travis Rodriguez | KQ4VQC | |
| Skyler Prothro | KQ4WVJ | |
| Jake Russo | K4RRJ (formerly KR4EUT ) | |
| Josh | KR4DOC | |
| Skye(2) Sentelle | K9SRH (formerly KR4GLM ) | |
| Eggnog | KQ4WFP | |
| John Benjamin | KE0NLO | |
| Hampsterdancelover | ||
| Others not listed here by choice | ||
| UCFARC Alumni Members | ||
| Ivan Huang | KO4WSS | |
| Nathan Bodnar | KJ4BWR | |
| Ramsay Newman | KM4INO | |
| Anson Shurr | WU2F (formerly KJ4MJI) | |
| Jamie Schnaitter | KJ4TBT | |
| Doug Maukonen | k4ddm (formerly kf4ze, ka4nnx) | |
| Christopher E. Maukonen | wa4cm (SK) | |
| Logan Camacho | KM4EVU | |
| Karson Kimbrel | KA4SON (formerly KM4GAV) | |
| Jason Rodriguez | KN4DDS | |
| Ricardo Angeli | KM4FEU | |
| Nick Voce | KK4MMR | |
| Jeffrey C Lambert | k1vzx (was ki4vtn) | |
| Zlatko A Masic | KJ4JEA | |
| John Szialgyi | KI4ORG | |
| José A. Figueroa | KJ4FBZ | |
| Sean Pope | KK4MMP | |
| Brenton Zillins | kj4bwu | |
| Robert Mertens | kj4fca | |
| David Dowdle | kj4hte | |
| Jeremy Mayeres | K4JSM | |
| Eric Gershman | ki4iup | |
| Keith Wall | AK4JQ (was KI4HXM) | |
| Scott Harden | AJ4VD (was KJ4LDF) | |
| Craig A. Jacobson | ka0kqc | |
| Dr. Edwin K. Evenson | ki4agl | |
| Mark Lindeman | ki4ujg | |
| Tim Young | ki4tdb | |
| Matthew A. Rhodes | ki4evh | |
| Jared M. Davies | kg4gac | |
| Mike F. Haendel | kg4rqh | |
| Karl "Skip" Brooks | wb4yed (SK) | |
| Steve Jax | n4sjj | |
| Jami W. Ward | kg4zke | |
| Tannen S. VanZwieten | ki4evi | |
| Matt Kassawara | KG0W (was KG4FEQ) | |
| Jason M. Varner | kg4gae | |
| W. Schuyler Frost | kg4haq | |
| Charles Harpole | k4vud | |
| Steven F. Schindler | na4sa | |
| Samuel M. Richie | ka4kzf | |
| Micheal Potaczala | kc4nus | |
| Steven Freund | kd4ple | |
| Robert Broderick WE4B | we4b | |
| Benny D. Miller Jr. | w4qed (SK) | |
| Joe Reilly | n4ziq | |
| Michael M. Clark, Jr. | ki4olu | |
| Brian J Parkhurst | km4fes | |
| Stephen W Szabo | wb4omm | |
| Dr. Christian S. Bauer Jr | (SK) ki4iuw | |
| If you were forgotten in either section above, feel free to add yourself. | ||
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Links[edit | edit source]
- /r/amateurradio A subreddit devoted to amateur radio. Good spirited, generally younger group of hams.
- /r/RTLSDR A subreddit which discusses the popular, inexpensive, RTL-SDR receiver dongle and other software defined transceivers.
- ARRL Amateur Radio Collegiate Initiative FB Page. Connect, discuss, and more, with other hams just like you.
- Central Florida Geeks lots of Linux/Ham links, etc.
- http://www.ac6v.com/
- HamStudy.org Practice Tests and Flash Cards. (see also Ham exam)
- ADSB
- Julia Programming Language Information Resources
Humor[edit | edit source]
Tutorials and References[edit | edit source]
- RTL-SDR.com Blog A useful web site which regularly posts news, tutorials, applications, and more for the ubiquitous RTL-SDR receiver dongle, and other software defined transceivers.
- http://www.microwaves101.com
- http://www.athensarc.org/706.asp
- http://www.microwaves101.com/
- RF & Microwave White Papers
- Antenna-Theory.com Very much a 'Web 1.0' web site, but excellent info.
- Amateur radio - ArchWiki Page on the Arch Linux wiki with information about various linux software for ham radio.